The Dept Homeland Security just bought 7000 semi-auto AR-15s and calls them Personal Defense Rifles; why is it that the EXACT same rifle, legally purchased and in millions of Civilian hands is somehow magically transformed into an Assault Rifle?

Actually, DHS asked for a bid on 7,000 SELECT FIRE "AR-15-type" firearms - and, YES, they call them "Personal Defense Rifles." That means that DHS considers FULL AUTO guns to be for personal defense. I should think that such a definition would be useful in any number of state and federal court cases.

So full auto AR15s when they own them are NOT “assault rifles”... Only civilian-owned semi-auto rifles can be “assault rifles”.

THEIRS are for “personal defense”...except when they’re assaulting civilians who decide not to comply...and even then, they’re only acting in “defense” - “personally”, that is - because they don’t want to be assaulted while they’re assaulting...and it’s all to protect us...

I get it...makes perfect sense. /s

43 posted on 01/31/2013 12:45:14 PM PST by NFHale
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